Local inventory ads and free local listings overview
Activate the local add-on. Follow these steps to manually activate local inventory ads or free local listings: In your Merchant Center account, click the Setting & tools icon. Select Add-ons. Select Free local listings or Local inventory ads add-on card under the “Discover” tab. Click Activate. Select which country you would like to ...
How to upload your local inventory data to Merchant Center
How it works. You can let Google automatically add local inventory from your online store to Merchant Center. This can be done by adding in-store inventory information to your online store and enabling Google to collect this information. Google automatically finds your products in-store availability provided in your online store and adds the ...
Free listings for products - Google Merchant Center Help
Your in-store products may appear in free local listings on the Shopping tab if you’ve opted in. Free local listings let customers know that the product they’re searching for is available at your nearby retail store. Your free local listing could include store hours, directions, phone number, product price, product availability, and ...
Use a Shopping campaign to promote local inventory
Enable local products in your Shopping campaign. In your Google Ads account, click the Campaigns icon . Click the Campaigns drop down in the section menu. Click Campaigns. Click on the settings icon next to the campaign. Click the Additional settings arrow, and then click Local inventory ads. Check the box to enable local inventory ads.
Eligible local products - Google Merchant Center Help
Eligible local products are those that are eligible to show in local inventory ads and free product listings. If you already provide inventory data for these products, you can start serving ads and local listings by following the other requirements listed below. How it works. A product is considered eligible when it meets 2 conditions:
Approved local products - Google Merchant Center Help
In the “All products” tab, you can find the status of the product in the “Status” column. To determine what actions to take, review the list of products and errors in your Merchant Center account. To see errors, follow the instructions below: Go to Products in Merchant Center, then select the Needs attention tab.
Feed update frequency for local products - Google Help
Feed update frequency for local products. To guarantee an optimal user experience, your local products feed must be uploaded regularly so that it reflects accurate product information and pricing. At a minimum, you must update your local products feed once a day. Learn more about feed upload options and tips.
Multi-channel and local-only products - Google Help
If you’re using a primary feed, you can select multiple destinations for your products. If you’re using the Shopping Content API instead, you’ll have to submit the product data twice: once with the “local” channel and once with the “online” channel. Make sure to submit the products with the same ID [id] if you want those products ...
Show local products on Google (Contact Us)
Currently direct support is only available in English, French, German & Portuguese. Show local products on Google (Contact Us) Please select your issue:I have questions about the onboarding process to show local products on Google (local inventory ads or free local listings)I have questions about additional features (Merchant hosted local ...
Include local inventory in a Google Shopping campaign
Select the Enable local inventory ads checkbox. Next to "Inventory filter", click Create custom filter. Click + Attribute or metric, and then click Channel. In the “Channel equals” menu, select local. Optionally, include products that are available only in a single channel. Click + Attribute or metric, and then click Channel Exclusivity.